Lateral Position MRI in Preterm Infants, an Observational Study (MRIOPS)

Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care (IRCCS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Magnetic Field Exposure; Prematurity; Sedation Complication

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05776238

5259B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate safety of sedation in lateral position in premature babies undergone MRI. The main question it aims to answer are:

• number of apneas during sedation
• Maintenance of eupnea during deep sedation

Full description

Premature babies will be sedated in lateral position during Magnetic Resonance Imaging. During procedure we provide a close control about eupnea maintenance (SaO2 and EtCO2) in order to verify the safety of laying.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 50 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• < 40 weeks Post Conceptional Age (PCA)

Exclusion criteria

• > 50 weeks PCA
• previous treatment with hypothermia for neonatal asphyxia
• patients who received invasive positive pressure ventilation within the previous 48 h
• preexisting cardiac arrhythmias
• presence or suspicion of oncological pathology
• neuromuscular or metabolic diseases
• previous brain or abdominal surgery
• presence of epicranial venous accesses
• upper respiratory tract infections
• refusal of informed consent by parents or inability to express it